Vocabulary Enrichment 2

Word: Macer
Definition: An officer who attends the court of session and carries out its order. 
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: yet macer lost not one jot of his coolness in that awful moment. 
Sentence: the macer carried out his orders efficiently. 

Word: Iconify
Definition: in computing, to make into an icon; to reduce the size of an icon.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: Mozilla iconifies websites for favorites
Sentence: When creating a logo, you are iconifying your brand. 

Word: Aberration
Definition: the act of departing from the right, normal or usual course
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: The civil war was clearly an aberration in American society and of profound significance.
Sentence: Her angry reaction was an aberration from her attitude

Word: Narcoleptic
Definition: a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: Over most of the round, Spieth was so sedate he seemed almost narcoleptic.
Sentence: He was so exhausted his soccer tournament, he seemed narcoleptic when he was asleep. 

Word: Dabbled
Definition: to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with hands. 
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: After all, this is not the first time Cruz dabbled with fame. 
Sentence: He went inside the control room and dabbled with the buttons. 

Word: Caisson
Defintion: a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude water. 
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: The men were down in the road, lifting horses, dragging with them at gun and caissons. 
Sentence: The group of people dived down in order to caisson. 

Word: Screet
Definition: to shed tears
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original Sentence: Many romance movies have the audience  members screen in the final chapters of the film. 
Sentence: After hearing her friend being in the hospital she began to screet for him.

Word: Sadism 
Definition: any enjoyment in being cruel
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: Obama processes his sadism to the point where he gets somewhat more acceptable.
Sentence: During their argument, her boyfriend was being sadist

Word: Jactation
Definition: boasting; bragging 
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: one of his familiar jactations of imperfections 
Sentence: He was jactating about his new car. 

Word: Abdicable
Definition: to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office), especially in a voluntary, public or formal manner. 
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate. 
Sentence: The CEO of the company abdicated everything he owned to his eldest son. 

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